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Shakia Barron’s “The Gathering” transforms the stage into a shared space of rhythm, improvisation, and release.
In the series “Alice and Steve,” Nicola Walker anchors a dark comedy that’s less about laughs than about longing, aging, and emotional dysfunction.
Claypool Gold tour turns Leader Bank Pavilion into a shifting laboratory of psychedelia, satire, and virtuosic groove.
A punchy live band loses its spark in a muddled, underpowered studio outing.
Claudia Verhoeven’s “Love and Terror” reframes the Manson murders as a cultural narrative shaped by spectacle, ideology, and America’s enduring fascination with charismatic deception.
Historian Mark Peterson’s book makes land the sole driver of American development—ignoring racism, morality, citizenship, and the heart of the Civil War.
The jam band’s most thematically focused album yet turns digital overload into anxious, shape-shifting rock.
Deborah Levy’s playful Parisian fiction delivers vivid reflections on Gertrude Stein but it is in danger of stumbling over its own cleverness.
Arts Commentary: What Might the Kennedy Center Best Become?
A reconsideration of the Kennedy Center’s unrealized national mission—and what its future could yet hold.
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